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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

4628 Anna Letitia (Aikin) Barbauld 1743-1825 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:4628
AUTHOR:Anna Letitia (Aikin) Barbauld (1743–1825)
QUOTATION:So fades a summer cloud away;
  So sinks the gale when storms are o’er;
So gently shuts the eye of day; 1
  So dies a wave along the shore.
ATTRIBUTION:The Death of the Virtuous.
 
Note 1.
See Chaucer, Quotation 57. [back]